Storage Systems

Whenever you begin an email address at a new job or even when you take up a new position; whenever you get a new computer or media storage device, there is always the problem of how to divide up storage.

I'm not sure what the rest of the world would say, they may have their own beliefs regarding this and I know that I have seen a great number of people who simply do not care about this, but it is a problem I face.

When you setup a storage medium, you create a number of categories and sub-categories. From action items to junk emails and from cinema to music. But what happens when your job development changes or when you start to have musical genres that blur the lines? Do you create a new categorisation and layout format and move it all over? If so, do you just drag from the current categories (perhaps missing some important parts that fit in new sections) or do you put it all in a "temp" folder and move from there (incredibly time wasting)? Or do you just try and fit new categories into the old and deal with any exceptions as you find them (possibly creating some integrity issues when you search for things later)?

I usually try and keep to the same categories for as long as possible, occasionally creating new ones and hoping not to lose integrity as I go. However after a certain period of time (usually when I transfer all content to a new storage device) I will try and do a full scale reconfigure.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady